New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-27
4 BUREAU FOR MENDING CLOTHES.
WHERE BACHELORS MAY HAVE SOCKS DARNED AND
BUTTONS sEwED on.

WHERE BACHELORS MAY HAVE SOCKS DARNED AND
BUTTONS sEwED on.
Bachelors in New-York may rent the most delight.
ful apartments. dine at the most approved rcstau-
rants and lead In general delightfully."- free and care
less existence. But there Is one misery which the
luc,iest Of them cannot ESCAPE, apparently.
Buttons viii come of ones clothes, even though
IL is axiom that a frstclass taiors buttons will
hang forever. Shirts will fray and rip, socks
out and underclothes get torn ragged IN
spite Of all ones caution and the question of time
ly stitch how TO procure II with ease and certainty.
becomes as harassing to n tidy man as q mild bud
long continued nightmare. To send coat
pair OF trousers to the tailor for single button seems
undigniHcd Pcsiies 1t costs about so cent? to get
10 there and back. And to turn over n torn piece
Of undeci0thes SOCK with holes In II to the mer-
eies Of the laundry ia merely to invite ts rcparabe
ruin Some Iaundresses indeed. mend clothes they
wash. but after finding silk hose darned up with cot
ton twice, fine shrt sewed up With
coarse. dirty thread Is disposed TO ask whether
tho remedy is not worse than the original disease.
With melancholy reflections like these running
through his head a TRIBUNE reporter. clancins
down some want columns In n newspaper few days
ago struck suddenly the advertisement OF Bureau
II Mending In East Fourteenth-st Hero was problem
Of long standing solved A. the advertisement went
on ~ say people living In hotels, In bachelors apht-
uents and in boarding houses having neither facll-
tiles meuding the practical knowledge ncccs-
.ary for 1t. were Obliged TO throw away haif their
clothing before II really worn out An organ
lied bureau Of nendns couii and would do WORK for
lust such PEOPLE at Iriccs reasonable enough TO
make 1t worth their while to have It done.
The bureau Of MendDg. IA the reporter found ont
afterw aids. planned by c. L. McDechc. young
man who had felt the lack Of Just such an estat-
ll.hment hImsch and In II taking business en-
terpric. About q month ago he hircd room
on tho top floor Of No. I2 East Fourtecnth-st and
started sort Of central Office there modest little
sign scarcely foot long il pinned beneath all the rest
Of the heavily weighted house directory and mounting
two flights OF stairs finds the room where tho
bulk Of tho mcnding Of the city, the manager hopes.
will soon he done.
The bureau has been In actual operation less than
q fortnight and no judgment can be made now OF IL
success or failure. As soon as WORK In any quantity
comes In, a number OF sewing machines VIII he put
I'm and a half dozen moro girls engaged 10 run
them No fun list OF prices be given a. yet.
either. Socks, however, VIII be darned for cents
a uair. Buttons sewcd on for 3 cents apiece Shirts
viii be rebO,omed for 35 ocnts-an unusually low
urice one would think-and new wristbands VIII bc
put on at 5 cent? each Rips and tears will DO mend
I'd OF course at prices prOroroned TO tho extent
OF the damage done All kinds OF repairs TO dresses
arcssuaking, cutting and fitting Will DO don for w0-
men No regular tailor work IL promised however,
not even the cleaning and pressing vi uouscrs.
Any ono WHO wishes to send postal cani 10
tho bureS and articles will he both sent for and re-
turned FREQ Of messenger charges.
TIC new system Is expected to get fairly under
xay within week or two. II seems TO meet
,ony-felt want and It's success, II II u well ad-
yertlsed, ought to prove certain.